A Great "Take" on Home Educating Boys

Another Mom of a few Boys has shared her thoughts on learning. If you are feeling like you are spinning your wheels, take a minute to be refreshed!  Wendy, at Living Creatively, always has some great kinetic learning ideas  that will get you back on track.
http://wendyjanelle.blogspot.com/2011/09/school-days-at-adler-academy.html

Nature Journaling

We are in full swing with our Nature Notebook group.  There has been some discussion about  Charlotte Mason notebooking and the dear mother coordinating our group came up with this Jewel!

If you are in need of a good look at what Nature Journaling is all about, this blog will give you the eye candy you have been looking for.  

http://naturejournaling.blogspot.com/

Beautiful.

Encouragement for Those Facing High School in HomeSchooling

Kristen Chase addresses curriculum, extra curricular activities and early college enrollment.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/homeschooling/2011/04/how-i-homeschooled-through-h...

More to Come!

The Basics of the Romantic Period

http://artofmanliness.com/2011/03/03/the-basics-of-art-the-romantic-period/

First Grade Science: STC™ - Comparing Woodland and Freshwater Plants

Free Reading Lessons w/ Downloadable Books

"ReadingLessons.com is a free program that uses step-by-step lessons to help teachers and parents to teach children to read, write and spell.

In Level One there are 60 lessons, which are spead over twelve weeks. It's very important to use the lessons in order, as each lesson builds upon what has been taught in the preceeding lessons."

http://www.readinglessons.com/

Speech and Communication Skills

A weekly newsletter packed with fun speech communication tips.


http://artofeloquence.com/pages/newsletters.php

How to Create Your Own Printables

A great article from Homeschool Creations!

 

http://homeschoolcreations.blogspot.com/2010/12/how-i-create-my-printables.html

Pod Cast Dictionary of Everyday Words

For word lovers

http://podictionary.com/

Origins and Pronunciations of Modern Words

This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English. Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago...

http://www.etymonline.com/

Classical Rhetoric 101: A Brief History

"Humans have studied and praised rhetoric since the early days of the written word. The Mesopotamians and Ancient Egyptians both valued the ability to speak with eloquence and wisdom. However, it wasn’t until the rise of Greek democracy that rhetoric became a high art that was studied and developed systematically." ....

A great series,  check it out!
http://tiny.cc/horv5

96 piece Puzzle Ball

Arkansas Bar Association- A Level Playing Field

Spelling

http://www.spellingcity.com/
Enter you child's spelling words and they can play games to learn them!
Yeah!

Free Classes

A wonderful woman in my HS group shared this. Her son is now in high school ... she is a wealth of information!
Free online classes!
check it.
http://homeschoolblogger.com/webinar/solving-your-science-struggles/

Thorough and Worth a Look

Wow!  what a great resource for world geography.  No dumbing down here. Lesson Plans and all!

 

http://www.homeschoolcreations.com/Geography.html

Homeschool Helps

A plethora of useful helps. From unit studies to record keeping. Knowledge sharing is a beautiful thing.

http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/index.htm

Lapbooks

link for lapbooks

http://homeschool-families-blog.com/lapbooks/

Homeschool Channel

A Helpful Link

http://www.thehomeschoolchannel.tv/

Pioneer Woman

You need this Link.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/